need help

[newreefer22]

hello im new to the tank life, like brand new. I have a 20-gallon long tank freshly cycled and I'm very interested in breeding clownfish or even some tangs. I currently have 3 clownfish one that is a small oceriolis that has been with me from the start of the tank (which was rough but he made it through like a champ ) then I bought a big maroon clownfish that the pet store had isolated in there inverts tank .also bought a nice big anemone hoping both clowns would host the same one and pair up possibly ... definitely not the case the oceriolis wanted nothing to do with the inemony but the maroon loved it, so it worked but still no pair .i quickly relapsed again from my new fish addiction and went looking for a pair to host this enemony , so I went to my local fish store and found my third fish , its another maroon clown fish (thinking maybe same species of clown may be a little easier to get to pair ) smaller than the first I bought yet still a medium size fish hoping for maturity, and the guy at the pet store said he was a male so I took his word ......... but now what ???
how do I know if I even have two compatible fish ??
how can I make them pair faster ???
should I take out my oceriolis ??
at what maturity do they spawn ?
how many eggs will they lay per spawn ??


so many questions and trial and error is very expensive
please help
sincerely .. a dedicated newreefer

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! Clownfish are weird (but awesome) and pairings can take time. I would suggest that you set up another tank or re-home your ocellaris, and then cross your fingers and hope that the two Maroons will pair without a lot of aggression.

 

[Specific Ocean]

welcome!

 

[Salty Rambler]

Welcome to R2R! I'd pull the ocellaris out of the tank -- it may be fine, but there are also plenty of stories where the relationship goes wrong.

 

[BaysEndReef]

 

[Bepis]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! Clownfish are weird (but awesome) and pairings can take time. I would suggest that you set up another tank or re-home your ocellaris, and then cross your fingers and hope that the two Maroons will pair without a lot of aggression.

What he said

 

[vetteguy53081]

As in my case, I placed 10 of them in the tank and 4 paired off, found their sweet spot in the tank and lay eggs every 3 weeks or so

 

[newreefer22]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! Clownfish are weird (but awesome) and pairings can take time. I would suggest that you set up another tank or re-home your ocellaris, and then cross your fingers and hope that the two Maroons will pair without a lot of aggression.

thank you for the welcome .. is there anything I can be doing to make sure they could even be compatible

 

[newreefer22]

As in my case, I placed 10 of them in the tank and 4 paired off, found their sweet spot in the tank and lay eggs every 3 weeks or so

whoa whoa whoa back up .. you put 10 in .. how big of a tank ? how long did they take to pair ?? how many enemonys do you have ? none died ??

 

[newreefer22]

whoa whoa whoa back up .. you put 10 in .. how big of a tank ? how long did they take to pair ?? how many enemonys do you have ? none died ??

and whenu said 4 paired off do you mean you had 4 pairs out of 10 that's good odds

 

[vetteguy53081]

whoa whoa whoa back up .. you put 10 in .. how big of a tank ? how long did they take to pair ?? how many enemonys do you have ? none died ??

660g and about 7 months
2 anemones but many hosts

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R!

 

[maceto]

Welcome!

 

[newreefer22]

tank looks great man but how would I know If i have a male and female because at this point I'm just gessing the bigger one is the female from what I read ...other smaller maroon i have no clew if its male or female

660g and about 7 months
2 anemones but many hosts

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome! I would do a quick Google search, there is a ton of reading material about breeding clowns that will help you out.

 

[danzig]

Welcome!

 

[Weasel1960]

Welcome to R2R. I second doing a little research here on the forum or on the web in general. I have discovered not all news host clowns, some only certain types of clowns. If you want to breed them than maybe look at how you need to set up your tank(s) for success....Good luck.

 

[KWT]

Welcome to R2R, come in sit down and relax, enjoy

 

[jeffrey750750]

Hello and welcome!

 

[SPR1968]

Some good advice already so Welcome to R2R!!!